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Pimp My iPhone: #1 - Hahlo
In case you hadn't heard, today sees the unleashing of a certain product from Apple. No doubt some DownloadSquad readers will be amongst the masses wanting to get their hands on the hotly anticipated device, so in that vein, we figured we ought to find you some web-apps to enable you Pimp Your iPhone right from the get-go.
#1: Hahlo
Hahlo is Twitter for your iPhone. Much like Twittervision and other services, it's simply a site that interacts with Twitter via the API. It requires no additional registration (you simply sign in using your Twitter credentials much as you would with, say Twitterrific) and allows you to view the Public Timeline, your 'Friends Timeline', all the @replies sent to your username, and direct messages too. All in, it's everything you need to get your Twitter fix on your iPhone.
Whilst we've not tried it on a real, live and kicking iPhone (us Brits are still waiting for a launch date, never mind the chance to queue for it), the Open Source iPhoney application screenshot gives you some idea of what to expect. Oh, and one neat little tip: click (or tap) on a contact's avatar for more options!
If you come across any more iPhone specific web-applications that will inevitably pop up in the coming days, then be sure to drop us a tip!
#1: Hahlo
Hahlo is Twitter for your iPhone. Much like Twittervision and other services, it's simply a site that interacts with Twitter via the API. It requires no additional registration (you simply sign in using your Twitter credentials much as you would with, say Twitterrific) and allows you to view the Public Timeline, your 'Friends Timeline', all the @replies sent to your username, and direct messages too. All in, it's everything you need to get your Twitter fix on your iPhone.
If you come across any more iPhone specific web-applications that will inevitably pop up in the coming days, then be sure to drop us a tip!
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
